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Table 3 Incidence of Parkinson Disease in Patients with and without Gout

From: Risk of Parkinson’s disease following gout: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

 

Patients with Gout

Patients without Gout

Rate ratio (95% CI)

P value

No. of Parkinson Disease

Per 1000 person-years

No. of Parkinson Disease

Per 1000 person-years

Total

339

3.56

247

2.63

1.36 (1.15–1.60)

<.001*

Age

 ≥ 65

214

12.37

159

9.31

1.33 (1.08–1.64)

.006*

 < 65

125

1.60

88

1.14

1.40 (1.06–1.86)

.015*

Sex

 Male

204

3.13

154

2.41

1.30 (1.05–1.62)

.013*

 Female

135

4.49

93

3.10

1.45 (1.11–1.91)

.006*

Follow-up

 0–1

33

702.13

17

257.58

2.73 (1.48–5.22)

<.001*

 1–5

90

62.54

65

37.06

1.69 (1.21–2.36)

<.001*

  ≥ 5

216

2.30

165

1.79

1.29 (1.05–1.59)

.014*

  1. CI indicates confidence interval; * indicates statistical significance